The deeds of patriotic overseas Chinese

Patriotic overseas Chinese Chen Jiageng

1874101October 2 1 day, Chen Jiageng was born in an ordinary merchant family in Jimei Town, Tongan County, Fujian Province. In his early years, he went to Nanyang with his father to run industry and commerce, and successively set up more than 30 factories, more than 0/00 shops, more than 0/0000 mu of rubber and pineapple orchards, with tens of thousands of employees, which can be described as rich. However, although living overseas, he has never forgotten his motherland. As early as when he was young, Chen Jiageng was determined to devote himself to serving the country and saving the people in from the mire. 19 10 joined the league, cut off his long braid, and was in the wave of the Revolution of 1911. He raised more than 200,000 yuan for Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities. After the failure of the Revolution of 1911, Chen Jiageng thought that only by improving the quality of the people could the working people be saved, so he set up education vigorously. He started many schools in Jimei, his hometown, such as primary and secondary schools, normal schools, commerce, aquatic products, navigation, agriculture and so on. 192 1 established Xiamen university, which was the only university in Fujian province at that time. During the period from 192 1 to 1937 16, he paid Xiamen university as much as 4 million yuan in start-up expenses and recurrent expenses. Before his death, he deposited more than 3 million yuan in China, all of which were donated to the country for the development of education. A considerable part of the money he donated to education in his life was funded when he was in financial difficulties. When his company was forced to close down, he still borrowed money from the bank to keep the school alive. Mao Zedong once praised him as "the flag of overseas Chinese and the glory of the nation".